OT · pick 50 — first ever offensive tackle at #50 (1980)

OT·pick 50

FIRST OT EVER DRAFTED AT #50

Irv Pankey

Drafted by LAR — GM Don Klosterman · Penn St.

1980

OTs drafted at #50 in NFL history

most recent: Connor Williams (DAL, 2018)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a offensive tackle at #50 a 7.1% chance in 1980.

Offensive tackle at #50, year by year

Each year's estimate uses only that year's draft and the years before it — no peeking ahead. The line smooths across neighboring picks and seasons so a single oddball draft doesn't dominate. The shaded band is the model's 90% uncertainty range.

Peak: 18.3% · 2027 model: 2.8%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#45LBLarry McGrewNE — GM Bucko Kilroy
#46RBMatt SuheyCHI — GM Jim Finks
#47WRRalph ClaytonNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#48CDwight StephensonMIA — GM Don Shula
#49WRKevin HouseTB — GM Phil Krueger
#51OTTim FoleyIND — GM Dick Szymanski
#52DTDaryle SkaugstadTEN — GM Bum Phillips
#53RBPerry HarringtonPHI — GM Jim Murray
#54DECleveland CrosbyCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#55DEMat MendenhallWAS — GM Bobby Beathard

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2018Connor WilliamsDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Texas
2006Marcus McNeillLAC — GM A.J. Smith · Auburn
2002Chester PittsHOU — GM Charley Casserly · San Diego St.

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